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Controversy and Pending Approval of Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm

by Athina Sitou, Contributing Writer Alzheimer’s disease can often have heartbreaking effects on families. It ceases to be abstract when…

aduhelm, alzheimer's, athina sitou, biology, drug, pharmacology, treatment

Frogs as pets

(Above: The author as a young child with his father’s garden pond in the background.) by Gabriel Forest, Contributing Writer…

biodiversity, conservation, frogs, gabriel forest, natural ponds, urban planning, urban ponds

Life-saving science: the 5 most important inventions of all time

by Julia Hukowich, Contributing Writer What comes to your mind when you hear the words “important invention”? I asked a…

blood transfusions, green revolution, inventions, julia hukowich, life-saving science, strain selection, synthetic fertilizers, vaccines, wastewater system

Happy Bacteria, Happy Epithelia: How Gut Microbiota Help Suppress Inflammation

by Pauline Hughes, Contributing Writer Your intestines are teeming with microorganisms. But, not to worry; these microorganisms, known as the…

bacteria, Gut microbiome, Inflammation, microbiology, Pauline Hughes

Nucleolus: All life is salad dressing

by Liam Scott, Contributing Writer Many would claim that salad dressing is what makes a salad worth eating. Diehard fanatics…

biology, Liam Scott, nucleolus, phase separation, salad dressing
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Laughter Improves Immunity, No Joke

by Daniel Mendelson While you laugh at your uncle’s corny dad jokes at the Thanksgiving table, your immune system is…

immunity, laughter
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Parkinson’s Disease: Neurons, Autoimmunity and Gut Infections, Oh My!

by Angela Nelson Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the death of dopamine-producing cells – dopaminergic neurons…

gut, Parkinson's Disease, PINK1
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Nanopillars Found on Insect Wings May Solve Macro-Problems in Antimicrobial Resistance

by Bridget O’Brien If you press a thumbtack into a balloon, it pops. In a similarly destructive manner, many winged-insects…

antimicrobial resistance
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Making new brain cells to fight cell death in Alzheimer’s Disease

by Alina He Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and affects an estimated 50 million worldwide…

Alzheimer's disease, neuroscience, research

Don’t deny it: your password is terrible

by Viet Hoang We have all been down this road: you are making a new account and you need to…

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